| The first person to sail round
the world |
Magellan |
| The first man to have climbed
Everest twice |
Nawang Gombu |
| The first woman to conquer
Everest |
Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan) |
| The first man to have climbed
Everest |
Sherpa Tenzing |
| The first person to reach the
South pole |
Amundsen |
| The first person to reach the
North pole |
Robert Peary |
| The leader of the expedition
'ocean to sky' |
Sir Edmund Hillary |
| The first person to reach
North Pole by dog sledge |
Naomi Uemara |
| The first women to reach the
South pole |
Mrs. Karoline Mikkelsen |
| The first women to reach the
North pole |
Mrs. Fran Phipps. |
